Manure-spreader.



T. BROWN.

K MANURE SPREADER.l

APPLlcATloN FILED 00T. I, |911.

Pat-ente( i Feb. 13, 1917.

UNrrED 'STATES PATNT OFFICE.

'rnnornrnus Bnowir, or woncnsrnn, MASSACHUSETTS, issrenon, it intensAssummnms, 'ro nrmaanrnnns4 coMrAN'Y, or naar momma, ILLINQI Aconronsrron or ILLINOIS.

MNUBFPSPREDEB. 1,215,616. Specincation of Letters-Patent. Patent Bd Fe,13" 191'?.

To allyvom it may concern: l

Be 1t known that I, Trmormnns BnowN, a citizen of the United States,residing at lorcester, in the county of Worcesterf and fCommonwealth ofMassachusetts, have'inis gradually moved rearwardly against the in thedrawings; but their position'` is indi--` teeth of ra revolving beater.The objects of my present inyentionare to'smphfy the construction,increase the resistance to' the strains applied to the beater, toprovide means' for releasing the beater from its engagement with? theload, and to provide means for throwing the beater in and out ofoperative relation to the driving power. 1 accomplish ltheseobjects'among others by the constructionvand arrangement of parts ashereinafter described and pointed out in' the annexed claims. E

Referringt theaccornpanying drawings,

Figure 1 represents a plan View of the rear part of va -Inannrespreader, a portion being shown in sect'inal view todisclose theconstruction and` operation off thedriving mechanism for r( ta t ingvthe beater.

Fig. 2 i`s an end viewi ofthe beater with the rear axlefshown insectional view on the Fig, 3 is an endV view. of he beater shown insection onth Plne of thebroken line Fig, gica detachedy view-of theframef lplane ofthe broken line 2- 2, Fig. 1.

V work carrying the intermediate pinions' be-4 'tween thedrivinganddriven elements .of 1

v the internal 'gear 20,1?ca1 sing rotary motion the beaterdriving'nechanism.

- Similar reference-characters refer similar"parts" vn.

','Rfrring te.. longitudinalsilliyforming a -portioni sides'are inountewhich havebeen removed cated by the broken-dices 2-2. Journaled incollars 3, 4 is, a r axle 5, to the ends ofV which supporting wheels 6,6, yareilttached.A

The' s ills 1, `1 infthfe present instance, are suspended'from thecollars 3, 4 by means of inverted U-shaped brackets 7. .MountedApplication led October 7, 1911. i Serial No. $53,458.

.portedja fixed stubl24, oawhiclrf'loose ,.a-zf'thi-bwer-h' j,formilhigapin .if i framework of the body, ltheir' rear end-s `onlybeing shown.` U on the sills .1, 1 suitablev upon the aide 5 is an e:centric :48, upon the ends of which are journaled the circulan heads 9and 1() of a beat 1r comprising crossbars 11, supported on tie peripheryof the heads 9 and lQ/zmd carrying radial ms ox teet h r12. Theeccentric 8 'is rot` e, to a l1m1ted extent,around thelaxle 5 eans ofalever 13 attached to one end connected to a rod'14 wh ich extendsforward `to the drivers seat, and is capable ofbeing pushed or pulledbynl, attendant to turn the eccentric 8 about the axle 5.

held in the side of the nanure Aspreader, the

ec centric and having;` its free end pivotally` relative position or'the `:aid Stops being indicated'by the broken. lines 16 and 17, Fig. 2,thereby'limiting the rotative movement of the eccentric 8 about the axle'and permitting the beater-to be' held in 'they position 'shownby-'fiill lines in Fi g.f2, oto .beimoved rearwardly intothe'positionshownyby vthe 'positionof, o

brokenlines 18, Fig. 2, yiththe the eccentricindicated bj' broken nes19. l

VThen `the,heater is inthe p olition'- indi i cated by solid' lines inliig. 2, 1t may Servey as `a"'tailboardto retaint] ne "loadduring'loading'or passirlig1 to the lield, but'when .the

beater is niovcdv -into tho positionindicated by thebroken lines 1.8i :steeth 12` ai"' ex par tially" released lfrom the load, .allowing thebeater to be engaged with the driving power."

Thedriving mechanism for the' bentercomprises an internalgear 2) keyedat 21 to the shaft 5. Journaled upon the hub -22of theinternal gear is aframe 23 `in which ii tetes the integr-a1' pi'nim S125 'ana-"2c, itpinion 25 is in constantengagem'ent with to fbe imparted rthejeccentricsie rotated,abutwuxwb .y carry the beater into' `it i ffqrwardgpngsmom ashown by solid .una i1 1'- :riga 1.2 andere.' pinion 27 ismoved-entif'jengagcnientjwi the pinion 26, but whexfzi they .en;tric8 Jnuff ' wheel bottom comprising hinged 'slats of the usual 4formissupported.

The improvements Iwhich are hereinV shown, and described are peculiarlyapplicable to manure' spreaders. In machln'es of this classit isdesirable to have all'of the gearing or power transmitting partsemployed between' the ground wheels and the beater housed or inclosed;and arranged in such way that, first, the active parts .of the beatercan be extended; 2nd, ,so that the loadfcarrying.space in .the `body canbe ca.r-

'riad ont lo vertical. planes ncarihe i'aces oi devices` the groundwheels,

lthe ground wheels; 3rd, .so that the number of parts constitutingihcpower transimttii'ig like) shall be as fewin number as having particles`of foreign'material enter gearing space and choke or clogr and breakthe teeth; and, 4th, so that the beater' can'be quickly disconnectedfrom the driv. `ing,devlces.

. we heretofore devised transmitting mecliiiiiisms of scveral sorts,including those of the planetary gear class, specially adapted for usein manure spreaders. The present mechanism possesses all of the aboveincidents and comprisesa mu'ch smaller num- -ber ofsmall'rotary toothedparts', and reduces to the lowestV point theA ldanfger of bursting orbreaking the gearing by oreign .A material entering into the gea-rspace. In

this in stance there 1s a secondary power transmltter,

supportedl from the lfpermanently stationary position. 'It is sosituated that the beater, when forward and' servn lllerely.v as:anendgate or mere stop-` "this secondary driver but when itis moved Ylmediately engages with'this driving wheel,-

vwhich is constantly in rotation, ready :to impart motion to thedistributelu. Whenthe beater is forward, at the time the load-car:

rying bod ,is bein loaded, itu'canfreely adapt i-tse f by yieli gearwheels except the driven gear concen- Reference is'had to 1911, whereinclaims are presented to the eccentrically shiftable beater, to thedriving pii'iions, and the possible, to reduce to the minimum the'lla-bility of.

[tion of the' 10aa@ y @al sidewalls, aa-p' --"a 1e, beater, fr, dii s":element actliateiib y element, Athe drive elena Yside-walls,the rotaryvbeater ngaroundits axis toi 4tend' f y theipressureofcthe material `ineither direc;- 1 61 tion, as it is entirelywdisen-gaged. from-fall`trically secured to its end', v

my copendingl appli- `cation, Serial No. 652,421, filed October 2,

' 'stationary suppoiltssecured to the means between Vthe axle and thebeater lying wholly within the' confines of the beaterand to suchdriving-means adapted to be brou ht into and out of operative drivingrelation upon the shifting to and fro of the eccentri cally mountedbeater. This application relates to the features that speciallycharacterize the vmechanism shown and described herein.

1. In a manure spreader, a rotatable beater journaled on bearingsrotatable about ana'xis eccentric to'the axis of said beater, a drivinggear having its axis eccentric to if' the axis' of the beater', a pinioncarried by'go the beater, an .intermediate pinion driven by said drivinggeana'nd 'means for'rotat'ing the bearings of the beaterto carry thebeater pinion into and ont of engagement with said intermediate pinion.

'2. ln a manure spreader, a rotatable beater jonrnalcd on bearingsrotatable about an axis eccentric to the axis of the beater, ay driving:mechanism for the beater comprising. a drivinggear having its axiseccentric to' the axis of the' beater, an intermediate pinion heid inconstant engagement with said Adriving gear, a pinion-'aried by thebeater and capable of being crricd into and out of operativeconnectionWith said intermediate pinion. 3. In 'a' manure spreader, arotatableA beater journal-ed on bearings rotatable about an axiseccentric to the axis of Athe beater, a driving'mechanism for said.beater comprisinga driving member consisting 'of an internal gearconcentric with the axis of the the'beater bearlngs to wit, the pinionl25,\Which is` `framework and is in 4. -In a fertilizer distiiibuter, thecombinalxf-'yin'g body having vertiv'ver transmitting devices having aelement-actuated by 6451s, anda vsecondary driving [aforesaid driving..ient on `the beater ydriving element being the ground v.and thesecondary optionally separable.' In a .manure spreader, thecombination-- of.. the load-carrying body having vertical arranged toexrom one sidewall -to the other, the roundlfwheelgthegearwheel carriedby' the eaten-thermen: drive gw actuated by u the ground-wheel heintermediategr, the 125 vthe intermedlatewvheehthe beater gear theintermediate gear being se arable at will. 6. In' a manure' spreader, te 'combina-tion '.-element carried by having' vertical 11.3. l)

minera side-walls, the beater extending from one of. said walls to theother, the .groundwheels, tlie primary drive wheel actuated by theground wheel, thedriven wheel ycarried by the beater', the intermediate{mwen-trono mittel', the said driving and driven 'gearing andtransmitter bei arrangedin a n amber within and between the end planeafth' beater, `and a support for thegtransmitter e tendin out from saidCham deeur'1 to the ody substantially as l, -fof 7. -In a fertilizerdistribute tion of a load cari-yin the y t e driver element carri ingelement aetuatedb -tlye\g rbunii;

and asecondary'driving'element "ated by theiilst and permanentlyeonheofedfindef pendently thereof to the body., the driven element onthe beater being ,optionally J0 arable from both of thilriving elements.8. The combination of the body, the axle, the beater, a drivinglwlheel'ao'tuiited vby thel axle, u driven Wheel carried `by the beater,nn intermediate wheel', and aholder Vtherefor 2 fixed in relation to theb0dy,. the driven wheel und the intermediate wheel being leparable atoption.

9. The combination of the axle, the beater; the driving wheel on theaxle, the driven wheel on the beater,y and .the intermediate transmittinwheel supported ;-loly rela` tively to' t e afore'said'fyirheel,the-driven wheel and tbe beaterbin'g movabltl'ward' and from theintermediate wheel-.5

beat-er, the driving wheel oaried the axle 10. The combination of'fktheaxle',f'tlie i 1 'the driven wheel canied'by the beater, the' movablebearings for the beater on the axle, 'and the intermediate transmittingwheel on enuaxis fixed in rela tion to the body, the `fivlieelon thebeater being movable toward andfrxh the interino liate wheel.'

11. The'combinntw of the body, the axle, the beater, the driving wheelon the axle, the driven wbeeln the veater, and the inter mediatewheel-held bo lily fixed b the body, thedriv'en vwheel 'and the in iatewheel 4being erre y ed tolbe oonnect'ed and disconmovenie ritsof onebodilyrela- =12. Tle eembinntitu` ,of the -axle thefbetertheeceentiiicbe gs'oxitheax the beater the driving member'actuated by nu.. man gheqls, mi@ intermediate driving mem 1','tlieydriven member -carried b the 'beuter' adapted; toil e moved withth .said

and. 4cor'meetion witliizhadri 1in member.

13. The combination of t e ground wheels, the. axle, the lbeaterrotitingaround tbeaxis of thegrmindwheels', the main drivin gear wheelgactuatdby tbe-ground whee s, the

driven gedz'vlieel e'onq ntriewith the beater and thereto, theintermediate driving arwl'ieel nn'dthe means for moving 'the bater and.the vdri-ven. Wheel-.bodily toward and `:from the intermediate driv"'gwheeb Dai-ed ihir'zseh dei c f Se member 191.1.' y

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